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Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum
I don't think there ever was an 'injury'. I think its just arthritis.
Pure speculation, of course.
Musicians are prone to arthritis and piano players in particular. My guess would be its exacerbated if somebody played regularly but then had a long break. Its been mentioned before (by me, I'm sure) but she holds her two middle fingers on her right hand really awkwardly at times.
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You can really see the warped hand position in the video of her BBC performance of Songbird. Even doing the simple ascending pattern at the end seemed difficult for her. Not so with the left hand, which appeared to be comfortably positioned.